Adrichom, Christian van. Theatrum Terrae Sanctae et Biblicarum Historiarum cum tabulis geographicis [“Theater of the Holy Land and Biblical History with Geographic Tables.”]

Estimate: $5,000–$7,000
Hammer price: $9,000

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author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

printer

Officina Birckmannica

Place

Köln

Publication

1589-90

Description

FIRST EDITION. Latin interspersed with Hebrew. Allegorical title. 12 maps including 4 foldout maps (one hand-colored foldout map of Promised Land)

references

Tobler, p. 210; Rohricht 791; Laor 7, 8-18, 934 (includes facsimile on p.128)

summary

Sumptuous Contemporary(?) Handcolored Foldout Map of the Holy Land. Adrichom prepared the maps for the book, but as he died in 1585, it was published by Gerardus Brunius. The book contains one map of the Land of Israel, ten maps of the Tribes of Israel, and a plan of ancient Jerusalem. Due to the inordinate size of the map of the Land of Israel (15 x 40 3/4 inches), it was printed on two sheets pasted together. Our copy has been very finely hand-colored. See Laor, p. 1, no. 7.

pp. (12), 286, (29). Some minor waterstains. Contemporary vellum, rebacked, worn. Folio

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